In a symbolic gesture, Gov. Mark Dayton on Monday, April 9, vetoed the photo ID bill that the Republican-contolled Legislature sent to him last week.

But the issue will be on the Nov. 6 statewide ballot anyway.

“Although I do not have the power to prevent this unwise and unnecessary constitutional amendment from appearing on the Minnesota ballot in November, the Legislature has sent it to me in the form of a bill,” the DFL governor wrote in a letter to lawmakers. “Thus I am exercising my legal responsibility to either sign or veto the amendment.”

If the DFL is willing to ignore their constituents on this important matter, then they need to be fired this November. Gov. Dayton’s statement that Photo ID is an “unwise and unnecessary constitutional amendment” is pure BS. It’s also poorly timed, considering the fact that this video popped up this morning:

Gov. Dayton apparently is arguing that a total nobody walking into a DC polling station and getting U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s ballot doesn’t mean we need Photo ID. There’s tons of proof that the potential for voter fraud exists.

The video also shows how easy it is to commit voter fraud in Minnesota, the state Gov. Dayton says has the “best-in-the-nation election system.” With all due respect to Gov. Dayton, the DFL and their corrupt allies, Minnesota’s election system isn’t all that great.

Here’s the list of verifiable proof of voter fraud or potential voter fraud:

Gary – he is mocking the Republicans who are holding an amendment-a-thon, because they disrespect the office of the governor. And, is there a bunch more deserving of mockery? I know of none. Dayton is is calling out the disingenuousness of what the Republicans are gleefully up to, just as Obama called out the activist Luddite justices, in anticipation of yet another politically motivated bad decision. Strib has an interesting online item about how your guys cannot handle it when liberals stop acting like wimps. Had enough. That’s what Dayton said. That’s what Obama said. And the people will vote.

Democrats only believe in bipartisanship if they get their way. Instead of Governor Walker facing recall for doing his job according to the state constitution Governor Mark “shut ‘em down” Dayton should be recalled for mocking and making light of duly elected state legislature for doing their jobs.

Eric if you are claiming that Dayton did good and are praising Barack Hussein Obama for his childish rants against separation of powers then I think there are seats available for you on the next plane to Russia. Because you sure don’t understand what freedom is all about. Voter ID is needed to maintain that freedom.

Eric, speaking of mockery, I am still laughing about Gov. Dayton trying to skirt the legislative process in an attempt to unionize child care providers. And you think the DFL agrees with a vast majority of voters that voter ID is a good idea?

what was Dayton’s reaction to The Legacy Amendment? (yes i know he was not Governor then) does he believe that that was a responsible use of the amendment process? or an irresponsible abdication of budgetting duties by the legislature?

also wonder if eric z thinks the Legacy Amendment was a mockery of the then sitting governor?

I don’t call I believe it’s 3 amendments as an amendment thon. furthermore lets see creating the state definition for marriage so the state Supreme can’t take that away, an amendment to put in proper safe guards on voting because the democrats and current state leadership don’t care, and an amendment giving the whole state a chance to vote (unlike Wisconsin when it was just their legislators) on what worker’s rights are. Doesn’t seem wrong.

Walter and all – will the GOP actually push the right-to-work [for less] thing, or back down? It looks as if polling’s been done, and there’s little taste for that fight in the GOP legislative majorities. Walker and Kasich probably enjoyed poking a stick into that hornets’ nest but can they run away fast enough to not end up stung all over?

Actually in Wisconsin the reforms have been great for everybody. One thing it did is it allowed school districts to change the health care plan the teachers operated and made a large profit on to a cheaper and same coverage plan. School districts, which were afraid of doing layoffs, were surprised they didn’t have to lay off teachers when the pension changes and the health plan changes alone stopped layoffs.

In Ohio, where unions claim they care about people, their workers are being laid off because the unions lied to the public and said it will be bad for public workers.

Oh so the unions can automatically dictate pay increases and health care benefits with no consequence at all. That’s a silly position Eric.